Timing in paper 2

Doyle 2

How long should you spend at each question

red_red_wine

The paper is worth 200 marks and you have 200 minutes to do it, so the general guideline is to spend the same amount of time as there is marks on a question, i.e. 60 mins for Hamlet, 50 for poetry etc.

Of course, that's if you start writing as soon as you get the paper, with no time allocated for choosing questions etc.

Exothermic

I'd suggest you have a plan for the exam and know what question you'll start with. Then set a timetable that you can have in the back of your head.
Eg.
2 -3.10 Comparative
3.10 - 4 followed by 4 - 4.20 Poetry (broken up into studied and unseen)
4.20 - 5.20 Hamlet

The you just keep an eye on the clock, when the time is up move on.

karaokeman

I say spend 50 mins on the Comparative, 50 on Hamlet and then 50 on each section of the poetry Unseen and Prescribed.

LittleMissLost

I really really should have thought of timing yesterday left out QA part iii) (20 marks!)

Im such a twat so frickin annoyed!!

Is it the same corrector marking P1 & P2?

Paczini

karaokeman wrote: »

I say spend 50 mins on the Comparative, 50 on Hamlet and then 50 on each section of the poetry Unseen and Prescribed.

I think that's too much for unseen
I will be dividing my time into
10min Read the paper
55min Hamlet
50min Comparative
55min Studied Poetry
20min Unseen Poetry
10min Read Over

I have only 50 min for Comparative as it is my Strongest part

peckingduck

karaokeman wrote: »

I say spend 50 mins on the Comparative, 50 on Hamlet and then 50 on each section of the poetry Unseen and Prescribed.

50 minutes on unseen poetry?! That's a little much considering it's only worth 20 marks, I'd suggest giving it 20 minutes!

martyllia

i'll probably spend about 50-60 mins on comparative,hamlet and poetry and around 15 for the unseen

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For anybody doing OL:

(Section One)
Single Text: 60 marks // 55 minutes

(Section Two)
Comparative: 70 marks // 1 hour

(Section Three)
Prescribed Poetry: 50 marks // 50 minutes
Unseen Poetry: 20 marks // 15-20 minutes

marko93

How long should each part be?
I cant find my teachers layout suggestions ;_:

vDarr

marko93 wrote: »

How long should each part be?
I cant find my teachers layout suggestions ;_:

I'm doing
Poetry - 3 - 3½. 50 mins.
Comparative - 4. 70 mins.
Hamlet - 3 - 3½. 60 mins.